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​    From:  Rick Fredericksen

     Date:  October 01, 2015

Subject:  AFVN Saigon Tour

Harry, great work on getting inside; a real coup.  Look forward to hearing more about your trip later on, and any other reflections from your return, about other landmarks, your old quarters, etc.

Rick

​    From:  Rick Fredericksen

     Date:  October 01, 2015

Subject:  AFVN Saigon New Photos

           So Harry, what is the old AFVN building used for now?  Vietnamese TV???

​    From:  Rick Fredericksen

     Date:  September 6, 2015

Subject:  AFVN Documentary Audio Demo

           Wonderful and ambitious project Harry.  Unless things have changed, you may have to talk your way into the old AFVN HQ in Saigon.  Especially taking photos could be touchy.  They have been paranoid about their communications assets in the past, almost akin to a military installation.  Hopefully times have changed. Rick 
Rick 

​    From:  Harry Simons

     Date:  September 30, 2015

Subject:  AFVN Saigon New Photos

           I have just returned from Vietnam and have some pictures I would like to share with the group. The two pictures attached are the lobby entrance of the AFVN building. Much more to come.

[NB: The photos are being put into a Slide Show at the end of this conversation.  Webmaster]

​    From:  Harry Simons

     Date:  September 6, 2015

Subject:  AFVN Documentary Audio Demo

Hello again AFVN Group, 

          I have attached a MP3 audio file demo of the WEBY Tribute to Vietnam Veterans Documentary now in production.  In my first posting the PDF print piece was attached.  The audio quality of this MP3 is not the greatest because it needed to be compressed to below 10 MB to fit as an upload to the group site.  I hope everyone enjoys listening to it. It’s only 11 minutes long. 
          Our crew is leaving for Vietnam on September 10th to gather interviews and to inspect the inside of the AFVN Saigon studio Network remains.  Will be taking lots of pictures and will share them with the group. 
Thank you for your help and support 
Harry Simons

​    From:  Harry Simons

     Date:  October 01, 2015

Subject:  AFVN Saigon Tour

Hi Bob 
Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) is the official television channel of Ho Chi Minh City.  HTV broadcasts in three channels.  It went on the air in 1975. 
Harry

Trip to Vietnam to Make a Documentary

September & October 2015

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​    From:  Harry Simons

     Date:  October 01, 2015

Subject:  AFVN Saigon Tour

Hello AFVN Group 
          On September 24, 2015 my associate Mike Bates of WEBY Radio in Pensacola, Florida and I where given access to the Saigon facilities of AFVN.  We were escorted by the Vietnam government and senior officials of HTV television.  Our access was for the most part unrestricted.  There are some areas outside that pictures are not allowed as all radio and television in Vietnam are considered as national security facilities. 
          The old AFVN main building is being used by HTV for video and audio work stations.  Most of the inside of the building has been transformed into many individual work station production rooms each with the latest state of the art computer equipment necessary for the editing and production of commercials, documentaries and every other television product you can imagine.  The build out is first class and could be any TV station in any major market in the US.  I would describe the facility as an annex to the main HTV building that you have seen in pictures taken and posted in the past. 
          The only remaining remnant of AFVN inside is the TV studio.  The control room is gone but the studio remains exactly the same with the original lighting.  The sets have been removed however. 
          I am very pushed for time at the moment as we are in the final production stages of the assembly of the AFVN documentary that airs at starting October 26th on WEBY.  Therefore, I ask for your patience in sharing the story and pictures of this incredible opportunity I have just experienced.  I promise to share all of it with the AFVN group. 
All the best to everyone 
Harry Simons

​    From:  Mike McNally

     Date:  September 6, 2015

Subject:  AFVN Documentary Audio Demo

          Harry, the demo opened in Windows Media Player and sounded great.  I'm really looking forward to the full ten hours. I hope the crew is able to get some great photos in Saigon.

Thanks....

Mike McNally, AFVN listener and viewer....

​    From:  Bob Morecook

     Date:  October 01, 2015

Subject:  AFVN Saigon Tour

What does HTV mean?  It used to be THVN.

Thanks,

Bob Morecook

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